Friday, March 1 2024 10:41

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan laid flowers at the "Influence and Counteraction" monument,  erected in the park adjacent to Grigor Lusavorich Street in Yerevan, , honoring  the memory of the victims of the of March 1, 2008 tragic events.

15 years ago, after the next presidential election on February 19,  which was won by Serzh Sargsyan, riots broke out in Yerevan,  resulting in clashes with law enforcement officials. The Armenian  opposition, led by first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who also ran  in the elections, has been holding rallies in the center of Yerevan  since February 20, expressing dissatisfaction with the voting  results. Protests resulted in riots and clashes between protesters  and law enforcement forces on March 1-2, which resulted in the death  of 10 people, including police officers, and over 200 injuries of  varying severity.